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N99.511

N99.511: Cystostomy infection

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

N99.511 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for cystostomy infection. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Excludes2 inherited from the categories above N99.511

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on N99.5: Complications of stoma of urinary tract

  • mechanical complication of urinary catheter (T83.0-)

Written on N99: Intraoperative and postprocedural complications and disorders of genitourinary system, not elsewhere classified

  • irradiation cystitis (N30.4-)
  • postoophorectomy osteoporosis with current pathological fracture (M80.8-)
  • postoophorectomy osteoporosis without current pathological fracture (M81.8)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

N99.511 is named in 1 Medicare coverage policy: 1 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

  • A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Complication›cystostomy›infection

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under N99.51

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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